What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Black Holm as Cist (early Bronze Age), Cremation(s) (early Bronze Age). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Early Bronze Age cist tomb; associated with cremation burials. Likely part of a broader funerary tradition in early Scottish prehistory.
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Places near here
Ward HolmBuilding (post Medieval) · 700 yd
Copinsay Farm, CopinsayMidden(s) (period Unknown) · 1646 yd
CopinsayHide (modern) · 1.1 mi
Boulder storm beachBeach · 1.1 mi
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Copinsay LighthouseLighthouse (20th Century) · 1.3 mi
Summit ridge on Island of CopinsayIsland · 1.4 mi
Horse of CopinsayIslet · 1.8 mi
A clinically sculpted cave on the Horse of CopinsayCave · 1.8 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 2.7 mi
Deerness DistilleryHeritage attraction · 3.0 mi
BreckanNo Class (event) (period Unknown) · 3.7 miOther information
Photo: George Brown · CC BY-SA 2.0